By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: The Indian Catholic Press Association (ICPA) on May 27 mourned the passing away of Father Cheriyan Nereveetil, former chief editor of Sathyadeepam (Light of Truth), an Institutional member of the organization. The 49-year-old priest died on May 27 from head injuries sustained in aContinue Reading
Old Goa: The Museum of Christianity is located in the 17th-century Santa Monica Monastery in the heart of Old Goa, a beautiful district of churches, monuments and ancient monastery ruins. The church is attached to a three-story stone building. The museum is in the strait. Over the past three years,Continue Reading
A new book about the Jesuits celebrates 500 years of the Society of Jesus, as seen through the eyes of its first Latin American Father General, Father Arturo Sosa SJ: Walking with Ignatius: A Celebration of the Society of Jesus. Consisting of a series of interviews with Spanish journalist DarioContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Balasore: The diocese of Balasore in Odisha has converted its 100-bed hospital into a center for Covid care. The Church gesture was in response to a request from the District Magistrate, says Father Paul Koonamparampath, the director of Jyoti Hospital in Balasore. According to the priest, OdishaContinue Reading
By Ladislaus Louis D’Souza Mumbai: European powers were notorious for colonizing weaker, underdeveloped nations by engaging them on the battlefield, shrewdly applying the then highly effective strategy, Divide and Conquer. Coming from the Latin divide et impera, in politics and sociology, the term ‘Divide and Conquer’ denotes appropriating and consolidatingContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru: A weekly program on Hindu-Christian dialogue started by the Bengaluru-based Ecumenical Christian Centre (ECC) has been drawing scores people from across India. The 25-episode lecture series is titled “Hindu Christian Dialogue for Fellowship: Sages and Saints for Self-Realization and Social Transformation.” It is meant toContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi: Father Cheriyan Nereveetil, a former editor of Kerala’s leading Church weekly who had donated one of his kidneys to a poor girl, died on May 27 from head injuries sustained in a road accident two weeks ago. He was 49. The priest died of aContinue Reading
By John Dayal New Delhi: Recently, the Editors Guild of India condoled the deaths of journalists of over 100 news reporters, newspapers, intranet platforms and independent grassroots media persons, who have died because of Covid-19 over the past year. In April 2021 itself, more than 52 journalists died because ofContinue Reading
Pope Francis launched Tuesday the Vatican’s seven-year Laudato si’ action plan to implement environmental sustainability in different sectors of the Church from religious orders to Catholic schools and hospitals. “We need a new ecological approach that can transform our way of dwelling in the world, our styles of life, ourContinue Reading
Vatican City: The Vatican said on May 26 that it hopes the coronavirus pandemic will “further unite” Catholics and Buddhists in service of the suffering. In its annual message for the Buddhist feast of Vesakh, issued May 26, the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue said that the virus challenged followersContinue Reading
